INDUSTRY FACES


Michael May Moves up Management Ladder Michael May, plant


manager of May Foundry & Machine Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, knows blood runs thicker than water. May, 31, is the fourth


generation of his family working at May Foundry. During his 13 years with the family business, May worked his way up from his first position as dump truck driver to a couple of odd jobs and clerical office work. From there, he worked as foundry manager for four years before being promoted to his current plant manager role nine months ago. “I think some people


and his sister Danielle, who runs the heat treat- ment department, May finds he often takes his work home. “I think it takes more


in the company, to a de- gree, expected me to have some sort of leadership quality,” May said. “I think if I did not have [family ties] to my advantage, it would be even harder to gain the respect from some of my older coworkers.” May said with the number of U.S.-based metalcasting


Michael May (right) is pictured with his father and company president, Mark (cen- ter), and his sister, Danielle (left), who runs the heat treatment department.


work to have a success- ful relationship with your family,” May said. “I think you have to go the extra mile [and] leave work stuff at work to still be able to be a functioning unit.” Despite the chal- lenges that come with a family-run business, May hopes to one day pass the work to his children. May Foundry has been in business since 1912. Te facility produces 900 tons of iron and steel castings each year and employs 50 people.


“Being at a small company, you wear many hats,” May


said. “You need to be an expert in more things than you otherwise would be.” Te challenges May faces as plant manager include


facilities decreasing, more young employees will have oppor- tunities to achieve higher status at their company. “Just because you’re young doesn’t mean you know any less or have any less credibility,” May said. Working closely with his father Mark, company president,


PERSONALS Charles Fowler, president and


CEO of Fairmount Minerals Ltd, Chardon, Ohio, donated $17 million to establish Te Angie Fowler Child & Young Adult Cancer Institute at University Hospital’s Rainbow Babes & Children’s Hospital.


Mike Swartzlander joined the Ad-


visory Board of Marketing and Engi- neering Solutions Inc., Lewis Center, Ohio, to specialize in low cost country sourcing and supply chain management for high value added castings.


Vice president of global sales


marketing at Grede Holdings LLC, Southfield, Mich., Anthony Lovell, was named winner of the Market- ing and Sales Executives of Detroit Platinum Award.


Nino Davi died Oct. 18, 2011, at


the age of 90. Davi worked for Pacific Steel Casting Co., Berkeley Calif., for more than 50 years until his retirement in 2002. Davi was a member of the American Foundry Society since 1946 and received an AFS Service Citation for more than 50 years of leadership, service and support for AFS and the Northern California Chapter. In his lifetime, he received several awards, in- cluding the Charles W. Briggs Memo-


Hickman, Williams & Company,


Oak Brook, Ill., appointed Robert E. Davis as vice president and member of the board of directors, where he will be responsible for management of the company’s central sales region.


OBITUARIES


rial Technical and Operation Medal, Frederick A. Lorenz Memorial Medal and Gustav A. Lillieqvis Award, all from the Steel Founders’ Society of America. He also received the Ervin G. Tetzlaff Memorial Award from the California Cast Metals Association.


At 91-years-old, Roy Etter died


in Rockford, Ill., on July 19, 2011. Etter previously lived in Wausau and Oshkosh, Wis. For more than 38 years, Etter was a plant man- ager for metalcasting facilities in Wisconsin and Indiana. After he retired, he worked as a consultant in the metalcasting industry. He was a member of the Foundry Manage- ment Club and received a 25-year award for service. He was also an AFS service life member.


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finding trained foundry employees and keeping up with increased environmental standards. May has a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and a minor in business management from the Univ. of Utah.


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